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Canyon Hills High School

5156 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 257 seniors
  • 1,160 students

Canyon Hills High School is a public high school in San Diego (San Diego Unified) with 257 seniors. In fall 2025, 69% of its 83 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 72% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

69%

57 of 83 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

57 of 257 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

83 of 257 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.3%

4 of 48 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

6.7%

3 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Canyon Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    4 of 48 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley7 pts lower

    7%

    3 of 45 admitted

    This school7%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.90)

  • Irvine7 pts higher

    29%

    12 of 41 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    16 of 69 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    23%

    7 of 31 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    11 of 24 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    21 of 28 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Riverside5 pts lower

    82%

    28 of 34 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.79)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.74)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Canyon Hills High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 3 campuses.

  • San Diego30 pts higher

    64%

    59 of 92 admitted

    This school64%Overall34%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    48 of 48 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (247 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

77%

191 of 247 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

75 graduates

Community college

34%

83 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4016%
CSU3514%
CA private college73%
Out of state2611%
Community college8334%
Not enrolled5623%
Enrolled in college19177%
Total247100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Asian, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

12

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

23

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

51%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

142 of 279 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

25%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

66 of 262 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 8 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 50%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 16%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 50%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 65%

Across California

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